IP Library Granted Patent US 9,331,529
Granted Patent B2
US 9,331,529 · App. 14/044,179 · Granted May 3, 2016

Actuator

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Patent No.
US 9,331,529
App. No.
14/044,179
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator includes: a coil; a permanent magnet rotor secured to and rotatably supported by an output shaft inside the coil; a bobbin made of a non-magnetic material and around which the coil is wound; a first stator inserted into and secured to the bobbin in one direction, and including an inner magnetic pole portion and an outer magnetic pole portion extending inside and outside the coil in an axial direction of the rotor, respectively; and a second stator inserted into and secured to the bobbin in a direction opposite to the one direction, and including an inner magnetic pole portion and an outer magnetic pole portion extending inside and outside the coil in the axial direction of the rotor, respectively.

Claims (17)

1. An actuator comprising:

a coil;

a permanent magnet rotor secured to and rotatably supported by an output shaft inside the coil;

a bobbin made of a non-magnetic material and around which the coil is wound;

a first stator inserted into and secured to the bobbin in one direction, and including an inner magnetic pole portion and an outer magnetic pole portion extending inside and outside the coil in an axial direction of the rotor, respectively; and

a second stator inserted into and secured to the bobbin in a direction opposite to the one direction, and including an inner magnetic pole portion and an outer magnetic pole portion extending inside and outside the coil in the axial direction of the rotor, respectively,

wherein the inner magnetic pole portion and the outer magnetic pole portion of the first stator are arranged alternately in a circumferential direction, and

the inner magnetic pole portion and the outer magnetic pole portion of the second stator are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction.

2. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the inner magnetic pole portion and the outer magnetic pole portion of the first stator and the inner magnetic pole portion and the outer magnetic pole portion of the second stator are each formed by bending a plurality of portions extending radially outward from a center portion of a flat plate.

3. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the outer magnetic pole portion of the first stator faces the inner magnetic pole portion of the second stator through the coil.

4. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the bobbin and one of the first and second stators support the output shaft of the permanent magnet rotor.

5. The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the first and second stators support the output shaft of the permanent magnet rotor.

6. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the bobbin and the first and second stators are provided with a guide portion for positioning the bobbin and the first and second stators.

7. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein

the outer magnetic pole portions of the first and second stators are formed in a same circumferential surface, and

the inner magnetic pole portions of the first and second stators are formed in a same circumferential surface different from the circumferential surface.

8. The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the first and second stators have the same shape.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2022
From: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
To: SEIKO GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062182/0124 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 050872/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 050873/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2013
From: YAMAMOTO, MASAMI; KUDO, KENICHI
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 031390/0850 →